Sunday, 10 May 2009

MPs and expensive manure

Become a politicianBuy the vote - stick in the pinTrotters in the trough and snout in swillLate Lordling with ambitionTaking all the public inRuling by corruption greed and skill

And here’s the way to gobble up the truffleAnd there’s the way to greedy-grasp the cakeHope no-one understands – its no mere trifleThis murky long career is on the take

Shout loudly of seditionBlame the rest and lie to winServant of the people – mainly youColluding with renditionCover-up in lies and spinKeep your secrets out of public view

And here’s the way to gobble up the truffleAnd there’s the way to greedy-grasp the cakeHope no-one understands – its no mere trifleThis murky long career is on the take

Line up – in competitionPublic theft ‘is no great sin’Change the law to make your theft ‘their will’Creep silent round suspicion‘Brass it out’ – take aim – beginBlame the rest – and get in with your bill

And here’s the way to gobble up the truffleAnd there’s the way to greedy-grasp the cakeHope no-one understands – its no mere trifleThis murky long career is on the take

Expensive recognitionMeans you take on the chinTrough and swill - and elevation tooErmine-clad ‘patrician’Still the cash – and still the ginNow the right to trade your title too

And here’s the way to gobble up the truffleAnd there’s the way to greedy-grasp the cakeHope no-one understands – its no mere trifleThis murky long career is on the take